Focus Group Discussions on enhancement to CPF

CPF Advis­ory Pan­el has just announced a series of Focus Group Dis­cus­sions (FGD) to be con­duc­ted from mid-Novem­ber 2014 to mid-Janu­ary 2015. The dis­cus­sion will be on the fol­low­ing top­ics:-

Min­im­um Sum — how to adjust bey­ond 2015 for future retir­ees

Lump sum with­draw­als at age 65 years — how much should CPF mem­bers be able to with­draw and under what con­di­tions

CPF pay­outs — how could CPF pay­outs be adjus­ted to address cost of liv­ing increases over time

Altern­at­ive invest­ments and annu­it­ies — how to provide more flex­ib­il­ity for CPF mem­bers who are pre­pared to take on more risks.

You can email to cpf_panel@mom.gov.sg to con­trib­ute your ideas on the above top­ics or to sign up for the FGD. The first 4 FGDs sched­ule to dis­cuss the first 3 top­ics are as fol­lows:-